Peace Session To Hear Losers
Paris Aug 7 1945 The rules commission ordered inviting former Axis satellites to appear before the 21 powers at a plenary session to present their views on August 10. Byrnes backed hearings for Italy Romania Bulgaria Hungary and Finland with votes limited in commissions and no Big Five chairmanships. Soviet support plus a possible extension to commission hearings was noted as a potential clash loomed over procedural liberalization.
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Paris
Peace Conference Rules Commission
Secretariat
James F. Byrnes
Italy
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Finland
Byrnes
Rules Commission
Big Four
Andrei
Vishinsky
Soviet Union
V. M. Molotov
Herbert V. Evatt
Australia
Evatt
Heirens Awaits Trial In Court
William Heirens, 17, indicted for a third murder, facing arraignment after confessing the killings of 6-year-old Suzanne Degnan, Frances Brown, and Mrs. Josephine Ross. The grand jury acted as authorities push swift justice and discuss death penalty options. Heirens described the crimes in a four hour statement to state officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert J. Loughran
Chicago
U.P
William Heirens
Josephine Ross
Heirens
Criminal Court
Harold G. Ward
Ross
Suzanne Degnan
Frances Brown
Degnan
Brown
Wilbert Crowley
Richard Ert Tin
Aid Dispatched To Quake Area In Dominican Republic
The public health department estimated 20 000 homeless in the north coast region devastated by a weekend earthquake and tidal wave. About 2 000 isolated near Julia Molina lacking food or shelter. 36 bodies recovered at Arroyo Delgado. area hardest hit extends west from the northeast tip to Gaspar Hernandez. about 100 000 population with roughly one fifth homeless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ciudad Trujillo
D. A
Public Health Department
Dominican Republic
Luis Thomen
Health Department
Julia Molina
Arroyo Delgado
Mantanzas
Thomen
Gaspar Hernandez
Father Divine Weds White Canadian Girl
District records show Father Major J. Divine of Harlem married Edna Rose Ritchings, a 21 year old from Montreal, on April 29 in Washington. Divine, 41, listed as widower. ceremony by Rev Albert E. Shadd. Divines secretary claimed marriage to propagate virtue and a new birth of freedom.
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Washington
Major J. Divine
Harlem
Edna Rose Ritchings
Montreal
Can
Father Divine
V. Albert E. Shadd
Divine
Martha Blessed Love
Philadelphia
British Commander Exonerates Clark in Rapido Crossing Report
Field Marshal Henry Maitland Wilson delivered a 15,000 word assessment to the combined chiefs of staff stating he bore full responsibility for ordering the 1944 Rapido crossing near Casino Italy. He argued the attack drew enemy reserves from Anzio aiding Allied landings despite heavy losses by the Texas division.
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Washington
Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Rapido River
Casino
Italy
Combined Chiefs of Staff
Anzio
36Th
Texas” Division
Mark W. Clark
Clark
Austria
Fifth Army
Wilson
Batavia Metal Firms Sold to James Stein
Batavia Metal Products Co and its subsidiary Challenge Co were sold to James Stein of the Stenge Co. Hermann Starr of Diamond Production Co also joined the deal. The sale was disclosed during hearings on potential receivership for the two Midwest munition firms led by Dr. Henry Garrson. Assistant U.S. Attorney John P. Lulinski expressed surprise at the development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Batavia Metal Products Co
Challenge Co
James Stein
Stenge Co
Stein
Hermann Starr
Diamond Production Co
New York
Joseph H. Schwartz
Batavia Company
Challenge
Martin Ward
Batavia
Midwest Munitions Combine
Henry Garrson
Mead Committee
Asst
U.S. Atty
John P. Lulinski
Tampering With Garsson Files Reported In Senate Probe
The Senate war investigating committee disclosed that the FBI is probing theft of Garsson munitions files from a Senate office building. Files were taken late at night, copied for about three hours, then returned. The probe widens as federal inquiries sweep war contractor activity coast to coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate War Investigating Committee
FBI
Garsson
Senate
George Meader
Meader
Ile
Munitions Combine
Honolulu
Rome
Paris
Garsson Munitions Combine
Tom C. Clark
Justice Department
Angel
Andrew J. May
New Orleans
Andrew J. Higgins
Government orders probe into hide and leather suppliers
Washington Aug 7 The civilian production administration launches a wide investigating drive to curb shoe plant shutdowns by locating excess hide stocks and possible industry conspiracy to withhold hides. John R Steelman directs the CPA and calls for a vigorous justice department inquiry as 75 to 100 investigators go to work with possible escalations up to 400.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Hide and Leather Producers
Civilian Production Administration
John R. Steelman
CPA
Justice Department
OPA
Antitrust Division
John D. Small
Small
Morris Verner
Veterans Lean Council Action
A watchful waiting policy was adopted by the local veterans housing committee led by Andrew P. Martin amid claims petitions from three servicemen groups to oust the Tucson housing authority were being used politically. Councilman Codd backs Pyott amid old Democrat tensions as votes loom. two councilmen favor removal while Codd supports the Pyott authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Veterans’ Housing Committee
Andrew P. Martin
Tucson Housing Authority
William H. Codd
W. J. Pyott
Tucson
R. H. Martin
Charles
Forrest J. Priser
8. T. Adams
Housing Authority
Codd
Pyott Authority
Amvets
Military ‘Order of the Purple Heart
American Legion
Martin
Reds Challenge Probe of Members
In New York Aug 7 Russia questioned the authority of a United Nations membership committee to seek information directly from applicant nations including Albania and Outer Mongolia. Andrei Gromyko told the Security Council the committee lacked the right to press governments for data. Herschel Johnson supported the committee’s authority to proceed with a thorough study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Russia
United Nations
Albania
Outer Mongolia
Andrei A. Gromyko
Security Council
Gromyko
Herschel Johnson
U. S
Five Nurses May Resign Over Hospital Board Action
Nurses at the Pima County Hospital may resign by August 15 after the county board of supervisors voted to dismiss superintendent Paula Trimarco. A medical society official said five to seven nurses have tendered their resignations, while nurses reported for duty to care for patients. The board members plan to consider removing the medical board’s control and run the hospital with four hired physicians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pima County Medical Society
Pima County Board of Supervisors
Paula Trimarco
R. H. Martin
Board of Supervisors
G. T. Alley
Alley
Medical Boards of Control
Reclamation Plan Cuts Startlingly Narrow Bureau Outlays
The reclamation bureau cuts its today public works allocation to 85 million dollars and bars new contracts this year. Large Western irrigation and power projects may stall while ongoing programs face delays. the Missouri river basin will feel the impact. Officials say existing contracts worth about 85 million will likely proceed, but future work costing hundreds of millions is postponed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Reclamation Bureau
Truman
Missouri River
Congress
Bureau
Rain Delays Baseball Doubleheader and Yankees at Dodgers
In the American League Philadelphia at Boston twice postponed by rain. Chicago defeats Cleveland 4 to 3. In the National League Boston at Philadelphia postponed, Brooklyn at New York also rained out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Boston
Chicago
Cleveland
National League
Brooklyn
New York
Abuses in GI on the job training program highlighted
Veterans Administration files reveal widespread suspected graft and wage cheats in the GI bill on the job training program. Cases show veterans accepting substandard pay or certifying ongoing training to collect subsistence, with scrutiny by the justice department and wage stabilization board. Additional reports detail polio epidemics across multiple states, including 58 polio deaths in Minnesota and rising totals in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
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Washington
U.P
Veterans’ Administration
Omar N. Bradley
United Press
Bradley
Justice Department
Wage Stabilization Board
Milwaukee
John E. Rankin
House Veterans Committee
Gen. Bradley
Rankin
Midwest
Little Rock
Mississippi
Florida
California
New Mexico
Arizona
Minnesota
State Health Department
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Twin Cities
Wisconsin
New York City
UNRRA Faces Liquidation as Geneva Talks Weigh Future Aid
Geneva rounds, the fifth and final UNRRA council, set Dec 31 end for Europe aid and March 31 for the Orient. United States Britain and Canada fund most costs, with IRO and WHO in early planning to take over some duties but lacking funds and ratification. The article warns hunger and displacement may worsen without a smooth handover to new UN agencies.
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Geneva
General Council
UNRRA
United States
United Kingdom
Canada
Europe
Orient
Herbert H. Lehman
Fiorello H. LaGuardia
United Nations
International Refugee Organization
IRO
United Nations Economic Council
UN General Assembly
New York
John G. Winant
Economic and Social Council
World Health Organization
WHO
China
Asia
Dairy Farmers Get Notable Price Increase in Arizona
In Glendale Arizona the Arizona Milk Producers association and Webster's dairy set a new raw material price scale raising dairy producer prices. The scale fixes grade A butterfat at 1.27 per pound at the farm and 1.30 delivered to the creamery with grade D at 97 cents farm and 1 delivered, replacing the fed subsidy. Retail milk had risen two cents per quart last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendale
Ariz
Arizona Milk Producers’ Association
Associated Dairy Products Company
Webster's
Nat M. Dysart
Salt River Valley
Borden’s
Central Avenue Dairy
New Webster Association
Dysart
Truman Signs Bill For Memorial Coins
President Truman signed a bill authorizing five million 50 cent pieces to honor Booker T. Washington. The coins, priced at one dollar, will support a birthplace memorial for Washington in Rocky Mount Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Booker T. Washington
Rocky Mount
Missouri Votes to Oust Slaughter Backer Axtell Wins Nomination
Enos Axtell defeated Jerome Walsh for the Democratic nomination in Missouri's fifth district by 2,301 votes. Albert Reeves Jr. secured the Republican nod. Slaughter lost in a Democratic surge as Truman supporters backed Axtell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
Roger C. Slaughter
Missouri Congress
Missouri
Enos A. Axtell
Trueman
Jerome Walsh
OPA
Axtell
Albert L. Reeves, Jr
The
Army Engineers
Slaughter
Virginia
West Virginia
Kansas
New Hampshire
Arkansas
Cio-Pac
Pendergast
Kansas City
House Rules Committee
Roosevelt
John J. O'Connor
New York
O'Connor
Congress
Frank P. Briggs
Mr. Truman
Harley M. Kilegore
Cho-Pac
Charles M. Dale
U. S
Sherman Adams
Harry H. Woodring
Sen
Briggs
James P. Kem
Rep. Slaughter
Byrd
Martin A. Hutchinson
Richmond
Porter Hardy
Farmer
Ralph H. Daughton
Norfolk
Inches of Rain Fall Hits Clifton Area
More than an inch of rain drenched the Clifton area causing silt and rock damage from mountainsides. City and county crews cleared streets as 1.08 inches were recorded locally, with heavier totals in outlying districts. In 1945 a 2.35 inch deluge caused over $100,000 in damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Reynolds Heir to Wed Again in New York License Filing
Marianne O'Brien a former chorus girl and Hollywood starlet filed for a New York marriage license with Richard Joshua Reynolds heir to a 25 million tobacco fortune. Reynolds recently divorced his former wife Elizabeth Dillard Reynolds, mother of four sons, and the pair reportedly met aboard a naval vessel years ago. The settlement allegedly provided the first wife 9 million dollars and ownership of a Winston-Salem estate and a 11 000 acre Long Creek farm in Devotion North Carolina plus 800 000 for each son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Marianne O’brien
Richard Joshua Reynolds
Marian Byrne
Reynolds
Jane
Elizabeth Dillard Reynolds
Miss O’brien
Sirst
Winston-Salem
N. C
Long Creek
Devotion
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J. Gump
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England
U.S
Atlantic
Arrow
William J. Riddle
Moore-McCormack
George E. Reedy, JR
Associated Press
Pulaski County
Ark
Jones, Forrest
Lowndes
Ohio
South
West
Middle West
New England
Middle Atlantic
Louisiana
Nebraska
Glenn Babbap
League of Nations
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Bill
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